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PHILADELPHIA 



The Daniel Boone 
Pageant 

An Rntertainment for Boys in 
Five Scenes 



By 
CLIFTON LISLE 

Author of "Fair Play," "A Scout's Honor" etc. 




PHILADELPHIA 

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY 

1917 



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The Daniel Boone Pageant 

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The Daniel Boone Pageant 



CHARACTERS 



Daniel Boone (as a boy) 

Daniel Boone {as a viaii) . . The Kentucky Pioneer 

Squike Boone . . . , i . DanUVs father 

Sakah Boone . . . . * DanieV s mother 

John Finlev . . .a trapper who has crossed the 

Cinnber lands 
Judge Henderson . . the would-be proprietor of 

Kentucky 
A White Woodsman 
An Indian Trapper 
An Indian Chief 

Two or three womeii settlers, several backwoodsmen, 
trappers, settlers, Indian warriors, etc, 

Tjme of Playing. — Half an hour. 

FOREWORD 

It is the purpose here to set forth in pageant form a few 
of the most striking incidents taken from the hfe of Daniel 
Boone. The scenes have been arranged in chronological 
order and the events of authentic history closely followed. 
Scenery, costumes, et cetera, are given in detail, but some 
slight divergence from these will doubtless be necessary in 
accord with the resources of the various groups of boys pro- 
ducing the pageant. The number of scenes presented, to- 
gether with the number of players taking part, can be varied 
in like manner to suit conditions. The scenes can be 
staged equally well indoors or out owing to the very simple 
scenery that is needed. 

This pageant is especially suited for production by one or 
several troops of Boy Scouts. Jf Scouts are giving the 
pageant, the Epilogue should be used. Otherwise it should 
be omitted. 



OUTLINE OF THE PAGEANT 

Prologue. — The readi ng of a short sketch of Daniel Boone. 

ScKNE I (a). — Daniel Boone's boyhood in Berks County, 
Peniisylvaiiia. 

(b). — Departure of the Boone family for the Yadkin 
Country, North Carolina. 

Scene 11 (a). — The Boones' Yadkin clearing in 1755. 
Daniel's return after Braddock's defeat. Finley, the trapper 
of '* Cantuck," appears. 

(b). — Departure of Boone, Finley, etc., for the Wilderness. 

Scene IH (a). — Boone in Kentucky. Trapping in the 
Blue Grass. Capture by the Indians. Return to the 
Yadkin. 

(b). — Commissioned by Judge Henderson, Boone opens 
the Wilderness Road and buys Kentucky from the Cherokees 
at Sycamore Siioals. 

Scene IV (a). — Boonesborough in course of erection. 

(b). — Boonesborough in the Indian Wars. 

Scene V (a). — Kentucky being settled. New arrivals 
after the Revolution. Boone has saved the vast territory 
of the West for the pioneers of the New Republic. 

Epilogue. — The Modern Scout. 



COSTUMES 



Daniel Boone (as a boy of ten). Coarse linen shirt, 
open at the neck. Homespun breeches, belt. Bare feet. 

Daniel Boone (as a man of thirty-five or forty). Hunt- 
ing shirt of brown silesia or 'similar cheap material, reach- 
ing almost to the knees, heavily fringed. Fringed trousers 
of the same goods. Shirt and trousers can easily be made 
to imitate fringed deerskin, if the seams be made very wide 
and left on the outside of the suit, having first been cut into 
thin strips to represent the fringe. Moccasins. Fur cap. 
An excellent imitation of a fur cap can be made by twisting 
a woman's narrow fur neckpiece into a circle and fasten- 
ing it in shape. Knife, tomahawk or ordinary hatchet, 
bullet-pouch, powder-horn and a very long rifle, if possible. 



COSTUMES 5 

A small chamois bag is easy to make and serves well as a 
bullet-pouch. Any rifle will do at a pinch, buL the longer 
it is, the better. 

Squire Boone. Coarse linen shirt, open at the neck, 
homespun breeches, wiiite stockings, low black shoes. Fur 
cap. 

Judge Hendekson. Low black shoes, white stockings, 
knee-breeches, blue frock coat, silver buttons. Lace stock, 
yellow waistcoat. Three-cornered cocked hat. A belt and 
sword. The coat can be made of any cheap material such 
as blue chintz, silesia or heavy mushn. 

FiNLEY (and other trappers). Brown silesia hunting 
shirts and trousers, well fringed afthe seams. Belts, moc- 
casins and fur caps. Same equipment as Daniel Boone. 

Settlers. Homespun breeches, belts, coarse white 
stockings, low black shoes, rough linen shirts, open at the 
neck. Three-cornered hats and fur caps. A Quaker or two 
in grey coats and plain buttons. Any cheap material will 
do for the coats — grey silesia, linen, etc. 

Women Settlers (including Mrs. Boone, Only three or 
four women in all are needed in this pageant). Plain home- 
spun skirts and waists of any cheap material, preferably of a 
blue or brown color. The silesia used for the woodsmen 
would do very well. White muslin kerchiefs about their 
necks and crossed in front, fastened at the belts. Shawls 
of any plain sort wrapped around the heads and shoulders, 
thus avoiding the need of wigs. N. B. It is suggested 
that younger boys take the part of the Woi^ien Settlers. 

Indians. Brown silesia trousers, heavily fringed at the 
seams, brown silesia shirts, well fringed and ornamented 
with gay beads, feathers and trinkets, if desired, let blan- 
kets be wrapped al)Out the shoulders, the same costume 
being worn underneath. Moccasins. Turkey feather head- 
gear, hair tied into scalp-lock at top of head. Ornaments 
of beads, claws, etc., about the neck. The chiefs have 
large metal bands on arms above the right elbow. A few 
have powder-horns, rifles, etc., but most of them have bows, 
arrows and quivers, all gaily painted and adorned with 
feathers. All the Indians have tomahawks, hunting 
knives, etc. 



PROPERTIES 

Necessary number ot fiieariDs, powder-horns, bullet- 
pouches, tomahawks and huniiiig knives for all the back- 
woodsuien and trappers. Of course, flintlocks are histor- 
ically correct, but any sort of a gun will serve quite well. 
Air rifles, 22-calibre rifles, shotguns, anything will do, but 
the longer they are, the better. Any nickel parts should be 
painted. A few traps and pelts for the trappers. Necessary 
arms for the Indians, either rifles, etc., or bows, arrows and 
quivers. Hunting knives, tomahawks or hatchets for all the 
Indians. Pipe ot peace. Cheap ornaments and goods for 
-the Treaty. Bundles and packs for ihe Settlers. House- 
hold gear for the Boone family. Rude wagon with canvas 
top. Out-of-doors, a real wagon can easily be procnred 
and used. Indoors, the best imitation is made by placing 
a false top of cloth or canvas upon an ordinary push-cart 
such as is used by grocers, etc. Let the wheels and one 
end only appear on the stage. If necessary, conceal any 
betraying part of the push-cart by the wings, piles of house- 
hold goods, bushes, etc. In this manner, the small wheel 
usually found in front can readily be hidden from view. 
Wooden bucket, wicker basket, pile of horseshoes. British 
flag. American flag, showing circle of thirteen stars. 
Spade, an axe or two. Piece of homespun cloth. A f(iw 
deer heads, if they can be borrowed readily. A knobby 
stick. The pipe of peace should be a long clay pipe orna- 
mented with a string of gay feathers. 



SCENE PLOTS 

Scene I (a). — The forge of Squire Boone in Oley Town- 
ship, County Berks, Pennsylvania. If out-of doors, let the 
background be a clump of trees wn'th cedars, bushes or other 
undergrowth so arranged as to form a screen for the actors 
before they come on the stage. Thick bushes should also 
be arranged to serve as wings. If indoors, a similar effect 
can be had by the use of a woodland drop and wings, to- 
gether with a green covering for the floor. Any green cloth 

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SCENE PLOTS "] 

background will serve for the drop, if a few real bushes, 
shrubs, saplings, etc., be placed in front of it. Whether in- 
doors or out, let there be as much real green as possible — 
growing plants, bushes, vines, etc. Down L., a rude block 
of wood, quite large, to represent part of the anvil, the forge 
itself being imagined just off stage in the L. wings. Back 
of the anvil block, a rough bench or a log squared off to 
serve as a seat. Near by down l., a wooden pail, a wicker 
basket, a small pile of horseshoes and a hammer. Hanging 
from nails driven into a tree trunk are a few steel traps and 
a pelt or two. A long rifle rests against one of the trees in 
the rear. Down r., a fallen log to serve as a seat, 'i'he 
settings of this scene can be elaborated, if desired, by the 
addition of a cabin front in the L. wings, but the anvil 
block and the forest background and wings are all that are 
essential. 

Scene I (b). — The same as Scene I (a). A wagon with 
a canvas top appears half-way down k., between the R. 
wings. Household goods are piled about the anvil block 
and in the rear of the wagon. General air of disorder pre- 
vails. 

Scene II (a). — The clearing of Squire Boone in the Yad- 
kin Country, North Carolina. The same background, 
wings, etc., as in Scene 1 (a). For variety, however, the 
anvil block should appear in the r. vv'ings and the log seats 
should be arranged in the rear c. and down l. With these 
minor exceptions, the fittings are the same as in the former 
scene. The more pelts, deer heads and horns fastened 
about the trees in the wings and background, the better 
will be the effect. 

Scene W (b). — The same as Scene II (a). 

Scene III (a) — The Wilderness Land of Cantuck. 
Forest background and wings, very dense. Bushes, vines, 
a fallen log or two here and there about the stage. Indoors 
or out, this scene is very simple in arrangement, trees and 
greenery being the only essentials. 

Scene III (b). — The same as for (a). A tree in the 
background has been blazed, showing the Wilderness Road. 
N. B. When Boone blazes the trees or saplings in the rear 
of stage, it is best to have him simply knock off a square 
piece of bark that has previously been detached from the 
trunk and then lightly glued into place. This bark can 
then be refastened on the trunk with more glue whenever it 



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is desired to reproduce the scene without the blazed trail. 
Two blazed trees are quite sufficient. 

Scene 1Y (a). — Ihe frontier fort of Boonesborougli. 
Background and wings of trees as in previous scene, onl), if 
piacticable, have the forest background and wings so ar- 
langed as to appear rather thinned out in comj)arison with 
the preceding Scene 111. In L. wings, just offstage, we are 
to imagine the palisade in process of construction. Down 
L., the wooden gate of the fort lying on the ground, partly 
built. A few rough boards nailed with crosspieces at top 
and bottom will serve very well for the gate. Jt should be 
at least six feet high and four or five feet wide. The 
heavier it looks, the better. 

Scene IV (b). — Boonesborough completed. Background 
and wings the same as in Scene IV (a). The gate, now 
finished, appears lying on the ground by l. wings, all ready 
to be swung in place at the gateway of the stockade which 
we imagine to be just out of sight in L. wings. A flagpole 
appears in l. wings near the gate. British flag at the peak. 

Scene V. — Ihe same as Scene IV (b), except the wings 
are quite clear of brush, so far as practicable, and the forest 
background has been replaced by one showing a more open, 
cultivated countryside. Indoors or out, this effect can be 
had by replacing the background and wings of undergrowth 
by one made up of corn shocks, haycocks, etc., thus retain- 
ing the necessary screen in the rear of stage. 

Spoken VVouds in the Pageant 

Where'ver words appear necessary in the scenes in order 
to bring out the full meaning of the plot, they may readily 
be improvised. With careful acting, however, no spoken 
words are needed. Jt is suggested that before each scene 
is produced, a notice be shown the audience or a few words 
be spoken setting forth the incident about to be portrayed. 
This should be quite sufficient to make the Pageant clear, 
as it progresses from part to part. 



The Daniel Boone Pageant 



The Prologue. — A bugle sounds reveille behind the 
scenes. A Woodsman appears before the curtain and reads 
the short sketch of Daniel Boone, as found at the end of 
this Pageant. Exit the Woodsman. 

SCENE 1 (a) 

Squire Boone's Anvil in Berks County, Pennsyl- 
vania. — Squire Boone is discovered standing near his anvil 
block examining horseshoes one by one and testing them 
occasionally by striking them sharply with a hammer. He 
dips one in the bucket of water near by, and strikes it 
heavily. An Indian trapper enters up r. He carries a 
bundle of pelts slung over his shoulder. Squatting on the 
log down R., he opens his pack and displays his skins to 
Squire Boone, who leaves his smithing and crosses down r. 
to look at them. Boone picks up a pelt and points at it, 
asking where it came from. The Indian points at the other 
pells, then waves his hand toward the south, as represented 
by the r. wings. Nods and grunts with approval. They 
bargain in sign language and Boone finally buys the pelts 
for a glass-bead necklace and a small quantity of powder 
and ball which he brings from the cabin supposed to be 
standing just off stage in l. wings. While they are busy 
with the trade, young Daniel Boone, aged ten, appears 
crawling through the bushes up r., evidently stalking the 
trapper. As the Indian leaves, Daniel crouches low in the 
bushes. Just as the redskin passes him, Daniel leaps up 
with a shrill war cry, brandishing a knobby stick above his 
head. The Indian leaps aside, then nods approvingly at 
the boy. Exit the Indian up r. Young Daniel comes 
down l. to his father and proudly shows a squirrel that he 



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has killed with his knobby stick. Squire Boone pats his 
son on the head and goes off stage L. Daniel takes a trap 
from the tree in the rear and tinkers with it, fixing the 
spring with the hammer lying on the wooden block. Squire 
Boone enters l., with a small rifle which he gives to the 
boy. Daniel leaps about in great glee, drawing a bead on 
imaginary bears and Indians. Squire Begone looks on wiih 
a smile, then calls the boy to examine a piece of homesi:)un 
fresh from the loom. They go off stage L., carrying the 
bundle of pelts. Squire Boone points to the pelts and then 
to the south. Daniel cheers, waving his new rifle above 
his head. 

SCENE 1 (1>) 

The Departure of the Boone Family for the Yadkin 
Country in North Carolina. — Squire Boone, Sarah 
Boone, Daniel, now sixteen years of age, one other woman 
besides Mrs. Boone, are discovered in the act of loading 
their wagon for the long journey south. Several neighbors, 
settlers in their shirt sleeves, woodsmen, a Quaker or two in 
grey coats, and a couple of women are helping the Boones 
carry bundles of household goods from the cabin ofl" stage 
in the l. wings to the canvas-topped wagon half hidden in 
the R. wings. Pots, pans, cauldrons, bedding, a table, etc., 
are thus carried across the stage. The Indian trapper with 
his pelts stands in the rear, occasionally showing his furs to 
a settler and always nodding toward the Boones with ap- 
proval, as he points to the south, represented by the r. 
wings. The last article of gear safely loaded in the wagon, 
the Boones shake hands all round with their friends and 
neighbors, then prepare to move off. Sarah Boone and the 
other woman get in the end of the wagon, if such a thing 
can be conveniently managed. Otherwise, they simj)ly 
move ofl* stage into the r. wini^s. Squire Boone and the 
Indian go off" stage r., as if to drive the leam. The Indian 
keeps pointing ahead and tapping his pelts with approving 
nods and grunts. Daniel shoulders his gun and takes his 
place behind the wagon down R. He waves his free hand 
and the crowd of neighbors wave their hats and cheer. 
{N. B . Care must be taken in this scene to have par- 
ti cnlar deference shown tJie luonien by all the backwoodsmen 
and settlers?) 



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SCENE II (a) 

The Boones' New Clearing on the Banks of the Yad- 
kin. — Squire Boone is discovered sitting on a bench by his 
anvil block down r. He is cleaning a long rifle. A back- 
woodsman enters from the L. wings. Excitedly waves his 
arms and begins to describe an Indian fight in which the 
colonists seem to have had the worst of it. Shows how 
narrowly he himself escaped being tomahawked and scalped. 
Old Boone appears worried, gets up and looks anxiously 
toward the north, as represented by the l. wings. The 
woodsman goes on with his tale, sliowing a wound in his 
arm. Daniel B )one, a full-grown frontiersman now, sud- 
denly enters from die l. wings. Father and son shake 
hands eagerly. Daniel sits down on the bench by his 
father and listens to the woodsman's tale. Then he gets up 
and shows how he, too, has just had an escape. He enacts 
the scene, showing an arrow that has gone through his 
coat, how he leaped belli nd a tree when attacked, how he 
used his rifle from cover, how he finally slipped away un- 
noticed in the underbrush and made good his escape. 
Squire Boone and the woodsman congratulate him. Daniel 
hands his father the arrow and the old man examines it. 
Suddenly Daniel gets up and points to the west, as repre- 
sented by the rear of the stage. He signifies his intention 
of going there on a hunting trip by picking up a small pelt 
lying on the bench. He shows the skin to his father, then 
takes from his pack a much larger pelt of very fine quality. 
Throwing the smaller one aside with a sneer, Daniel again 
shows the finer pelt and points west once more. His father 
tries to dissuade kim, but Daniel keeps tapping the pelt and 
nodding toward the west. The wootisman shows his wound 
and joins Squire Boone in trying to argue with his son. 
Daniel smiles and shakes his head. Enter from l. wings, 
Finley, the trapper. He listens a moment, then comes 
down R. and shakes Daniel very heartily by the hand. 
They look at the large pelt together, smile, shake hands 
a,2:ain and walk apart, pointing repeatedly to the west. 
Finley stretches his arms to indicate that Daniel may find a 
pelt even larger. Daniel taps his rifle. Squire Boone and 
the woodsman sit down on the bench, shaking their heads 
in disapproval. Squire Boone keeps looking at the arrow 
and frowning. 



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SCENE II (b) 

Depaktuke of Daniel Boone, Finley and Fouu Other 
Woodsmen fkum the Yadkin. — The six men are discov- 
ered down L. wiih packs on their backs and rifles in their 
hands, bidding farewell to Squire Boone, Mrs. Boone and 
all the other neighbors. VVoudsmen, trap[)ers, settlers and 
one or two women settlers all stand in a group down h., 
shaking their heads in token of the folly of trying to cross 
the Cumberlands. A few Indians stand in the background, 
looking on in silence. One or two show signs of anger, 
barely concealed. Boone and his men shake hands with 
their friends and wave farewell, as they move off into the 
wings, up L. The neighbors, etc., wave their hats, cheer 
and then turn to talk with Squire Boone and his wife. 

SCENE in (a) 

Daniel Boone in Kentucky. — Daniel Boone is discov- 
ered in the vviltis of Cantnck, setting his traps and admiring 
the wonders of the place. He lays aside his rifle to arrange 
a snare near the root of a tree, up r. Then he picks up a 
handful of earth and nods approvingly as he lets it sift 
through his fingers. Several Indians suddenly leap into 
view from the wings, L. and r. They give a shrill war cry 
and pounce upon him before he can move. Having bound 
hi in and left him lying on the ground down l., they inspect 
wilh grunts of approval the j)ile of pelts he has left up r., 
near iiis traps. Boone slips his bonds, regains possession 
of his rifle, cuts the bowstrings of three of the Indians and 
makes good his escape by l. wings, while the savages are 
busy wilh the furs up r. They discover his escape and 
give chase. 

SCENE 111 (b) 

Again in Kentucky. Opening the Famous Wilder- 
ness Road. — Boone and two fellow woodsmen are discovered 
moving slowly from the L. wings. As they advance, they 
blaze a mark on a tree or two to their right hand by knock- 
ing off a piece of bark that has previously been detached 
from the trunk and replaced with glue. One of the men 
cuts down some bushes as he moves forward or drags a log 
to one side. They are blazing ** Boone's Way,'' or opening 
the famous Wilderness Road. While at work, they hear 



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approaching footsteps and stop to listen, gazing back along 
the Wilderness Road, into tlie L. wings. Judge Henderson 
enters, L., at the head of a band of woodsmen, trappers and 
a few settlers. He examines the blazes on the trees, notes 
the bush being cleared away and nods at Boone to show 
approval of the work done. The men all begin to clear the 
way, etc. Enter several Indians and a chief, r. wings. 
The whites stop work and look at the Indians, who appear 
quite hostile. The chief motions angrily at the work done, 
then points to the L. in sign that the whites must go. Hen- 
derson consults with Boone. Whites stand rifles in hand. 
Boone nods and speaks to the chief, who still insists on 
their departure. Boone argues with the chief. They go to 
centre of stage and motion to the other Indians. The 
whites group themselves about Henderson and Boone. 
Boone c. L., the chief C. R., talk by signs, etc. They bar- 
gain. Boone shows the country by waving his arm in a 
great circle, then holds out a bag of money given him by 
Henderson. The chief weighs it in his hand and shakes 
his head angrily. Indians grunt and shake their heads. 
Cheap ware, old guns, beads, etc., are brought forward. 
Boone shows a pelt and spade, pointing at the settlers in 
token of hunting and fanning rigb.ts for the whites. More 
goods are added, and a little powder. Lengthy bargaining. 
The Indians grunt favorably. The chief nods assent to the 
agreement. A pipe of peace is produced and the chief, 
Boone and Judge Henderson puff at it in turn. All shake 
hands in token of the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals. The 
settlers cheer and begin at once to clear away the brush and 
chop at the trees. 

SCENE IV (a) 

The Building of Boon ksbo rough.— Daniel Boone, old 
Squire Boone, Finley, Henderson, trai)pers, woodsmen and 
a very few settlers with a woman or two among them are 
discovered clearing away the brush, chopping at fallen 
logs and carrying timbers off stage l. to be placed in the 
new stockade. A few are planting Indian corn in the rear 
of stage among the trees. Two or three are hammering at 
the great wooden gate, lying half finished on the ground 
near the L. wings. A woodsman rushes in from the R. 
wings. They all stop work and gather roimd while he 
gesticulates, pointing behind him excitedly. He shows a 



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wound in his arm, always pointing to the r. wings. Two 
men snatch up guns and rush off stage in the direction he 
is pointing. They return on the run with a wounded man. 
Great contusion at once breaks out. Some try to gather up 
their packs and make good their escape from the fort. 
Boone drives them back to the tasks of planting corn, cliop- 
ping logs, etc. He himself picks up a large sledge and 
runs to finish the gate. Some seize their nflcs and stand 
guard in tlie wings and background. They start to raise 
the gate into place. Another tugiiive rushes in, exhausted, 
with a wound in his head. He points behind him to show 
the Indians are almost at hand. They drop the gate on the 
ground and all hurry off stage L., as if to enier ihe palisade 
which is supposed to stand just out of sight in the L. wings. 

SCENE IV (b) 

BOONESBOROUGH Besieged {same setti)!^ as in ''a''). — 1 he 
settlers are closely beset by Indians, who are darting about 
among the trees and bushes of the R. wings and background, 
discharging arrows or firing rifles against the hidden pali- 
sade, supposed to be off L. 'I'hey utter shrill war cries con- 
tinually. The woodsmen, off stage L., reply bravely by 
firing as quickly as they can. Suddenly a sortie is made 
fiom the fort. Half a dozen woodsmen rush out from the 
L. wings and take cover behind fallen logs, bushes, etc. 
The Indians at once retreat a short distance to r. wings. 
Half a dozen more woodsmen appear running from the fort 
in the l. wings. They seize the finished gate, lying on the 
ground down l., and bear it off in triumph into the l. 
wings, shielding themselves behind it, as they go, from a 
storm of arrows. The covering party of woodsmen behind 
the bushes, etc., retreat to the fort in good order. Loud 
cheering from the wings, off stage l. Indians attack closely 
once more. At last, after repeated charges, war cries, 
attempts to pile brush against the stockage offstage L., etc., 
the Indians are beaten off. The woodsmen come out from 
L. winces, some binding up their wounds, others cleaning 
their rifles. They count the Indian dead and give a cheer. 

SCENE V 

Boonesborough a Gt^owixG Frontier Town. — Settlers 
are discovered coming from the r. wings, carrying their 



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packs and household goods on their backs. They cross the 
stage and pass into the L. wings as if to enter the gate of the 
fort, just off stage L. Mrs. Boone, the younger, Daniel's 
wife, is among them, togeiher with three or four other 
women settlers. (^N'. B. As the you7iger Mrs. Boone has 
no particular part to play in the pai^eant^ she has not been 
listed as a separate character. The women settlers are re- 
quired only to pass across the stage or to stand in the groups 
of settlers here and there about the stage.) Down L., just 
out from the l. wings, a group of woodsmen, trappers and 
other settlers eagerly welcome the newcomers, picking out 
their own friends and relatives and talking excitedly with 
them, pointing out the corn, the fort in the wings, etc. A 
few Indians stand in the background. A woodsman sud- 
denly appears among the settlers in the r. wings. He 
crosses down l., and speaks eagerly to Boone, who has been 
standing idly by the gate near the flagpole in the L. wings. 
Boone has been talking with the new settlers, his long rifle 
in the bend of his right arm. Boone smiles at the man's 
words and beckons to the other woodsmen. They gather 
round him, then suddenly cheer loudly. • 

Boone tosses his fur cap high into the air and runs to the 
flagstaff near by. He pulls on the cords. The flag of 
England comes floating slowly down the pole. All are si- 
lent. The messenger opens his hunting shirt and takes out 
a small bundle, handing it to Boone. Boone fastens it to 
the cords and breaks out the flag of the New Republic. 
The circle of thirteen stars and the red and white stripes 
wave for the first time above a fort west of the mountains. 
Kentucky has been won for the Union. 

Settlers, their wives, woodsmen, trappers, everybody in 
and about the place cheer frantically, wave their hats, guns, 
etc. Even the Indians grunt and show some slight interest 
by starting a sort of war dance in the rear. All crowd 
around Boone, shake him by the hand, slap him on the back 
and make much of him. Boone shakes them off good na- 
turedly. Then seeing his wife among the women settlers, 
he goes over and takes her by the hand, leading her off 
stage L, as if into the fort. As he passes the flag, he sto])s 
a moment and salutes, all the settlers, woodsmen, etc., 
standing bareheaded. They make a lane to the gate for 
Boone to pass through. Exit Boone and his wife, i.., the 
woodsmen, etc., presenting arms, waving their hats and 



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showing their apprecialioii in other ways that show more 
heart than mihtary discipHne. Woodsmen, settlers, etc., 
give a rousing cheer fur the flag. 

(^A bugle sounds taps off stage.) 



EPILOGUE 

If a Troop of Boy Scouts are producing the Pageant, the 
following Epilogue should be read. Otherwise, it should 
be omitted. 

A bugle sounds reveille, followed by the Scout Call, off 
stage. A Boy Scout in uniform {shorts in preference to 
breeches) appears in the scene last portrayed. He reads as 
follows : 

*' Scout Hand Book, page X : * A Scout.' He enjoys a 
hike through the woods more than he does over the city's 
streets. He can teh north or south or east or west by the 
< signs.' He can tie a knot that will hold, he can swim a 
river, he can pilch a tent, he can mend a tear in his trousers, 
he can tell you vvhich fruits and seeds are poisonous and 
which are not, he can sight nut-bearing trees from a dis- 
tance. A Scout walks through the woods with silent tread. 
No dry twigs snap under his feet and no loose stones turn 
over and throw him off his balance. His eyes are keen and 
he sees many things that others do not see. He sees tracks 
and signs that reveal to him the nature and habits of the 
creatures that made them. He knows how to stalk birds 
and animals and study them in their natural haunts. He 
sees much, but is little seen. 

*^ A Scout, like an old frontiersman, does not shout his 
wisdom froui the housetops. He speaks softly and answers 
questions modestly. A Scout can kindle a fire in the forest 
on the wettest day, and he seldom uses more than one match. 
He knows, also, the danger of forest fires and he kindles a 
blaze that will not spread. A Scout practices self-control, 
for he knows that men who master problems in the world 
must first master themselves. He keeps a close guard on 
his temper, on his toi^giie, on his appetite. He never uses 
alcoliolic liquors; he avoids tobacco. A Scout prides him- 
self nj)on doing * good turns,' and no day in his life is com- 
plete unless he has been of aid to some person. A Scout is 
a patriot, and is always ready to serve his country at a mo- 



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ment's notice. He loves Old Glory and knows the proper 
forms of offering respect to it. 

** A Scout chooses as his niotlo ' Be Prepared/ and he seeks 
to prepare himself for anything — to rescue a companion, to 
ford a stream, to gather fire-wood, to help strangers, to dis- 
tinguish riglu from wrong, to serve his fellow men, his coun- 
try and his God — always to ^ Be Prepared.* " 

(^Exit the Scout, A bugle sounds taps off stage. ^ 



CURTAIN 



The Life of Daniel Boone 

Daniel Boone, ihe pioneer backwoodsman of Kentucky, 
the man who opened the tar- famed Wilderness Road to the 
West, was by birth a native of the County of Berks, Pennsyl- 
vania. He was born m Oley Township on the 2d of No- 
vember, 1734. Daniel's parents, Squire Boone and Sarah 
Morgan, his wife, were themselves hardy pioneers striving 
to win a living in the midst of what was at that time the ex- 
treme backwoods of Pennsylvania. Here, in the Valley of 
the Schuylkill, the Bt>one family had sei themselves the task 
of felling the forest trees, burning out the stumps, planting 
Indian corn and rearing a rude cabin of logs. As time went 
on, a farm grew up where the first rougii clearing had been. 
Squire Boone had brought his old father out from England 
by this time, a blacksmith by trade. Soon smithing to- 
gether with weaving were added to the work of cultivating 
the fields. 

Amid such surroundings young Daniel Boone passed his 
early boyhood. So far as can be known, he never attended 
a regular school, but picked up at his mother's knee what 
little he knew of reading and writing. In other ways, how- 
ever, he learned much that was to prove invaluable in later 
life. From the half dozen looms at work in his father's 
cabins he learned how homespun was made. At the forge, 
he caught the trick of handling iron, how to make and mend 
traps, or repair a broken flintlock. Daniel's greatest pleas- 
ure, though, was to roam far and wide about the hills and 
mountains near his home in search of game. He explored 
Penn's Mount, Neversink, the Hopewell Hills. He canoed 
down the windmg Schuylkill past the hills of Valley Forge 
to Philadelphia, carrying lo market the furs he had won by 
skilful trapping. It is said he received his first rifle when 
about ten years of age. Before that, he used to go hunting 
with a knobby stick and many a squirrel and chipmunk, 
Opossum and coon, fell before his clever hurling. Patience 
seems to have been a striking trait of the boy. He would 
spend hours in tracking a deer or bear and, what is more, 
he nearly always got it in the end. 

The redskin was ever a subject of intense interest to young 

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THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE I9 

Boone. Thanks to Penn's Treaty, the frontier homes of 
Pennsylvania weie tree from attack, but Indian trai)peis, 
guides and warriors journeying to the great councils of the 
north were a .common enough sight in Oley Townsliip. 
Daniel Boone never missed a chance of studymg their ways. 
By the time he was sixteen, he could stalk them for miles 
unseen, had watched them hunting, had learned crafty tor- 
est wiles and tricks, in fact, had picked up more genuine 
lore of the savage than most of the old backwoodsmen of the 
neighborhood had been able to learn in all their lives. 
This early training alone made possible his unequaled suc- 
cess as an Indian fighter in after life. 

The Boones moved from Berks County in 1750, journey- 
ing by wagon-train down into the Valley of Virginia until 
they reached the Forks of the Yadkin River in North Caro- 
lina, where they set about making a new home. Here 
Daniel found a hunter's paradise and made the most of it, 
gaining greater skill than ever with his rifle. In 1755, he 
had his first real taste of Indian warfare, volunteering in 
Braddock's unfortunate expedition against Fort Duquesne. 
Against his wishes, Boone was made a waggoner and me- 
chanic, thanks to his knowledge of smithing. He escaped 
with his life from the carnage of Turtle Creek by galloping 
off on one of his own wagon horses. The importance of this 
campaign, however, so far as Boone was concerned, lay in 
the friendship he made with a trapper named John Finley, 
also soldiering under Braddock. Finley had hunted in a 
wonderful new country across the Laurel Ricige or Cumber- 
land Mountains, then the western boundary for the col- 
onists. His stirring tales of the place, its marvelous beauty, 
richness of soil, abundance of buffalo, deer, game of all 
kinds, big and small, so fired Boone that he determined 
sooner or later to visit it for himself. 

It was not until May i, 1769, however, that Boone 
actually left off his hunting, farming and exploring about 
the Yadkin Country and set forth with five companions to 
seek and spy out the "dark and bloody land of Cantuck,*' 
as he called it. They crossed the mountain ridge through 
Cumberland Gap and reached their destination after many 
hardships. For about two years, Daniel Boone remained 
there, hunting, trapping and studying the lay of the land. 
Now and again he was captured by the Indians, some of his 
companions returned home across the mountains, one disap- 



20 THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE 

peared never again to be seen or heard uf. After a full 
year's work all Boone's furs were stolen. The same fate 
met him after the second year, for Indians fell upon the little 
party and carried off all their pelts just as they were nearing 
home, fondly imagming themselves safely over Cumber- 
land Gap. Boone had learned much, however, during his 
last year alone in the wild cane-brakes of Kentucky. He 
had seen the great possibilities of the place, and what settlers 
could make of it if they could get there in sufficient 
numbers. 

The rest of Boone's life w^as largely spent in opening up 
the door to that vast region he had first seen on his hunting 
trip with Finley. The blazing of the Wilderness Road over 
the Cumberland Gap to the heart of the present Blue Grass 
Country of Kentucky began in 1775. In the next twenty 
years, seventy-five thousand pionetrs traveled along it, al- 
though only then did it become open to wagon travel. The 
purchase of Kentucky from the Cherokee Indians by Judge 
Richard Henderson at Sycamore Shoals was largely due to 
Boone's labor in exploring the land. On this occasion 
Boone acted as Henderson's representative in his treaty with 
the Indian chiefs. Boonesboruugh, the palisaded outpost 
of the new frontier, was built. Other hamlets sprang up. 
Long Indian wars followed. Massacre succeeded massacre, 
siege followed siege, but Boone kept up the fight, ever press- 
ing westward and driving the Indians further back across 
the Ohio, across the Tennessee. 

In his old age, broken by poverty, roboed by the new set- 
tlers of lands rightfully his, men whose very existence in 
Kentucky he alone had made possible, Daniel Boone turned 
his back on the spot he loved and moved into Tennessee, 
where he passed the rest of his days leading the care- free 
life of a trapper once more. He died in 1820, content in 
spite of all his losses in Kentucky. As he once quaintly 
remarked, it was too crowded for him there. He wanted 
more elbow-room. Thus passed away in his eighty-sixth 
year the man who said and truthfully said ; — **The history 
of the western country has been my history." 

Daniel Boone will ever be remembered as one of the most 
darino; pioneers the world has known. Soldier, lawmaker, 
road-builder, Indian fighter, he lived and died a scout of 
the nineteenth century, an example of all that was best 
in the American backwoodsman. 



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